Synopses & Reviews
This book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.
Review
"Price has admirably filled the long-standing need for a concise and up-to-date critical survey of the place of religious practice in Greek society....an exceptionally useful and stimulating book." Choice"This book offers much diverse material for courses on Greek religion, a diversity greater than any comparable resource." Phoenix"Not abstract and self-contained systems of religion or myths, but local practices and ideas of Greek religious life from the eigth century BC to the fifth century AD are what interest Price..." Reference &Research Book News"[a] striking accomplishment." Journal of Religion
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Gods, myths and festivals -- Religious places -- Authority, control and crisis -- Girls and boys, women and men -- Elective cults -- Greek thinkers -- Reactions to Greek religions -- Appendix of Greek inscriptions in translation.